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What do you want to get out of your internship? We look at setting goals, getting feedback and navigating office politics. Are you business mature? Do you need a mentor to figure that out? What do employers want out of you, we have a list of seven things.Hosts, Buffy Gorrilla and Ben Pawson, talk to interns about their goals for their internship and what they want to get out of it. Plus what do they tell their supervisor they want to achieve - it might be different things… We help you navigate all the different office personalities and revel how often they think about you! We debunk imposter syndrome and explore ways of asking for things, one of the secrets of getting the most out of your internship.And if you have any stories about office politics or business maturity to share send them to: starting-somewhere@unimelb.com.au We would love to hear from you. Some of the companies and websites we mentioned in this episode:BMW Asia https://www.bmw-asia.com/en/all-models Keep Left PRhttps://keepleft.com.auAmericorpshttps://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps LinkedIn Australiahttps://www.linkedin.com/company/linkedin/life/ STAKE - Fintec company allowing Aus investor to buy USA shares.https://stake.com.auUniversity of Melbourne Masters of Entrepreneurshiphttp://study.mbs.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees/master-of-entrepreneurship/overview The 7 work skills that can make you more marketable to employers in 2018https://www.monster.com/career-advice/article/work-skills-2018-1217 MOOCS - A directory of australian MOOCShttps://www.mooc-list.com/tags/business NAB, and their several channels of internships.https://www.nab.com.au/about-us/careersCareer Trackershttp://www.careertrackers.org.au/ Contributors: This episodes features contributions from the following people and organizations. Hayley Smedding and Rebecca Ashton of Tandem Partners HRhttps://www.tandempartners.com.au/meet-the-team Julia Jansen, Senior Finance Manager at HitFox Group, Berlinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/juliakjansen/ University of Melbourne Counselling and Psychological serviceshttps://services.unimelb.edu.au/counsel/resources Mary Trumble, Client Solutions Manager, LinkedIn Australiahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/marytrumble/ Dan Silver, COO Stake, Fintech startuphttps://stake.com.au/ Professor Colin McLeod https://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person82179 Rem Tzambasis of NAB, manager, Strategic Partners and Programshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rem-tzambazis-86b47930/Michelle Lau, Intern at Keep Left PR, Melbourne.https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-lau-95884b124/ Hamish Taylor, reporter at the Herald Sun. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrhamishtaylor/ Linda Edvardsdottirhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-edvardsdottir-68b531117/ David Bacon, UX Designer, Telstra Healthhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/david-bacon-82a7532b Professor Glyn Davis AC, Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne https://about.unimelb.edu.au/leadership/vice-chancellor/prof-glyn-davis Alexandra Alvaro, Student reporter at Student Youth Network (SYN)https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-alvaro-050064108/ Credits: Starting Somewhere is produced by the University of Melbourne Producers: Buffy Gorilla, Ben Pawson, Supervising Producer and original concept: Dr Andi Horvath,Buffy Gorrilla is an award-winning audio journalist and a recent graduate of the University of Melbourne Master of Journalism programme. Buffy has been a producer at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) Radio National and ABC Radio Melbourne. Following a successful internship, Buffy is currently working with RN’s Blueprint for Living. She is also the producer for the Masterclass podcast from the University of Melbourne Centre for Advancing Journalism.Ben Pawson is a communications professional that helps organisations and leaders connect to their stories. With experience across the education, arts, disability, science communication and technology sectors he did an internship in fundraising in Scotland after an MBA in France before that worked on blue chip design and marketing projects before changing careers.